CNBC News: Ommmm! How Silicon Valley values meditation

"Silicon Valley is well known for its lucrative employee perks, but now
companies are offering meditation and mindfulness courses to employees
and there's a long waiting list to attend. Google's "Search Inside
Yourself" course has been taken by more than 1,000 employees and
currently has more than 400 on the waiting list. It's designed to teach
people to manage their emotions, which could ultimately make them more
productive and creative thinkers.

The program was created by Chade-Meng Tan,
who was employee #107 at Google. His official job title is "Jolly Good
Fellow," which is a drastic change since his days at Google starting out
as a software engineer.

He's also come out with a book,
"Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success,
Happiness (And World Peace)" which has been ranked a New York Times Best
Seller.

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"There are people who came to me that say they got promotions because
they came to my class, people who say they feel a lot better physically
mentally and emotionally and people whose marriage lives are improved." "